Question

1. Make sentences in the present perfect simple tense with for or since. 1) I/know my friend Paul/ 1997. 2) My sister/be/in hospital/several weeks. 3) he /wear glasses/a long time? 4) She /not live/at home/ February. 5) I/not see/my cousin/last summer. 2.Complete the comparisons using the adjectives in brackets. 1) Windsurfing is ............. than waterskiing.(exciting) 2)Which is ............ city in your country?(beautiful) 3)His jokes are much ........... than yours.(bad) 4)The .............. place in the world is in Hawaii.(wet) 5)The Matterhorn is not ............. as Mount Everest.(high) 6)When is ......... time of year to visit Florida?(good) 7)The ......... places on earth are in Antarctica.(dry) 8)The violin is ............ to play than the guitar.(difficult) 9)Bath is not .......... from London as Bristol.(far) 10)This is .......... book about Cornwall I've ever read.(interesting) 3.Complete the sentences with the correct word. 1)The longest ...... in the world is the Nile. 2)The Seychelles are a group of ........... in the Indian Ocean. 3)The Pyrenees are ........... between Spain and France. 4)Most of Finland consists of forests and ................ . 5)Tropical rain ............... are rapidly disappearing.

Answer 1

1. I have known my friend Paul since 1974.
2. my sister has been in hospital for several weeks.
3. has he worn glasses for a long time?
4. she hasn't lived at home since February.
5. I have not seen my cousin since last summer.

1 more exciting
2 the most beautiful
3 worst
4 the wettest
5 as high as
6 the best/ better
7 the driest
8 more difficult
9 farther
10 the most interesting